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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
21 October 2015
Sexual offences on the increase whilst police budgets shrink
Last week the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released its annual crime figures for England and Wales, revealing that the number of sexual offences recorded by the police had continued on its upward trend and increased by 41% over the past year. This is equivalent to an additional 27,602 offences.
13 October 2015
Resentencing the Krays
If the Krays were sentenced today, would their sentence still be remarkable? asks Shamsun Nahar
25 September 2015
Drones: A fashion week toy or a prosecution waiting to happen?
Drones were all over this September’s fashion weeks including designer Philip Plein’s show in Milan. Those sitting on the catwalk front row (the FROW) might have loved it but what are the risks involved in operating such machines?
23 September 2015
Freshers’ Week - #ConsentIs… drunkenness is not a defence
Anyone who has ever been to university remembers fresher’s week. The first real taste of freedom, alcohol and sex create a heady combination and the possibility of falling foul of the law regarding rape, sexual offences and other lesser offences.
21 September 2015
Countering Extremism: Free Speech considerations
On 17 September 2015 David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, published his annual report on the operation of the Terrorism Acts 2000 and 2006. In the report he discusses the significance of proposals for a new Counter-Extremism Bill in terms of the limits the State may place on “some of our most basic freedoms". That same day David Cameron also announced a new duty requiring universities and colleges “to stop extremists radicalising students on campuses” which will come into force today.
